Improvement in horse-detachers



F. M. DAY. Horse-Detacher.

No. 215,211. Patented May 13, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK M. DAY, OF NEW HARMONY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOCHARLES Gr. DAY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-DETACHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,211, dated May 13,1879; application filed February 13, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK M. DAY, of New Harmony, Brown county, Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Detachers forVehicles and Agricultural Machinery, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to construct a horse-detaching apparatusboth simple and durable, combining. therewith efliciency with minimumcost.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedrawings.

Figure 1 shows arrangement of parts for two horses; Fig. 2, for onehorse. Fig. 3 is a bar connecting both ends of single-tree. Fig. 4 is aside view of spring-clip. Fig. 5 is the clip open. Fig. 6 is a top View.Fig. 7 shows the parts of the clip drawn separately.

The mode of operation of this appliance can be very easily understood byreference to drawin gs.

The first point to observe is the mode of operation of the spring-clip.

Fig. 4 shows a clip attached by means of a perforated head, P, to theend of the singletree, with its latch B closed, the connected chain ortrace-hook being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 5 shows the same with latchopen, thereby disconnecting the chain or trace-hook.

It will be seen, by reference to all the parts drawn separately in Fig.7, that the pin 0 has a perforated head, A. (Shown in all the drawings.)The slot 70 also is shown, in which the pin slides. The spiral spring isshown at E, and is placed behind the pin in the slot k, for the purposeof pushing it forward into its place to lock the latch 13.

Now, in Fig. 4 the clip is closed and the trace chain or hook connectedtherewith.

It is obvious, without much further description, that when the head ofthe pin A is pulled to the right (see drawings) in its slot, thusdisengaging the pin from the hole in the latch, it will permit the latchto turn on its hinge, thereby opening the loop of the clip, and assumethe appearance shown in Fig. 5, permitting the chain-link or trace-hookto slide out and detach the horses from the vehicle, plow, or reaper.

The method by which the sliding pins in the clips at both ends of single-trees are connected is shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

Links or hooks L, about three inches long, connect the perforated headsA of the pins with the ends of the bar H, as shown. A chain connected tothe center of this bar can be carried to any convenient location withinreach of the driver.

I claim as my invention, viz:

1. A clip constructed with aperforated head, P, to receive the single-tree, and provided with a hinged latch, constructed as shown, whichis prevented from opening by the action of the pin 0, in the manner andfor the purpose described.

2. The combination of the bar H, links L, and pins 0, inthe manner andfor the purpose described.

FRANK M. DAY.

Witnesses:

W. R. MOORHEAD, MARY M. BALL.

